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A bill that would make Juneteenth National Freedom Day the 13th official state holiday was approved by the Illinois Senate Thursday and is h...

A 53-year-old man died after emergency crews found in him in a burning Little Village apartment early Friday, according to officials.

A Tribune/BGA investigation found at least 61 people have died since 2014 in buildings where city officials knew ahead of time about fire sa...

The first Black woman trustee at the Art Institute, Jones liked to 'lift others up,' a friend recalled.

One person was in custody and at least one other was being sought after stray bullets from a gunfight between people in two cars hit an unma...

A Niles teenager died Wednesday from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash near Morton Grove, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Offic...

Illinois’ top elections official told board members he became the victim of an internet extortion scheme after he exchanged “flirtatious” me...

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A Tribune/BGA investigation found at least 61 people have died since 2014 in buildings where city officials knew ahead of time about fire sa...

An 18-year-old man was killed and another teenager seriously injured in a shooting outside an apartment building near Niles, police said.

In marking his one-year anniversary as Chicago’s top cop on Thursday, police Superintendent David Brown was in rare form, holding a nearly h...

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Pet stores in Chicago can no longer pass off high-priced purebred and designer dogs from puppy mills as rescue animals under new restriction...

Chicago Police were involved in a shooting and chase on the Eisenhower Expressway Thursday afternoon near west suburban Hillside, officials...

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said she had not yet seen the footage of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting at the time prosecut...

Restaurant delivery services such as Uber Eats and DoorDash can again impose higher fees on Chicago restaurants, setting up another potentia...

Shooter in Lake Shore Drive attack that wounded 1-year-old Kayden Swann charged, police said.

A four-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Matteson resulted in U.S. 30 being closed to traffic near the intersection with Cicero Avenue for s...

Illinois lawmakers sponsoring a union-backed energy bill question an audit from Gov. J.B. Pritzker that advocated for lower subsidies for nu...

Two Judson University students died and two were injured Tuesday night in a multicar crash on State Street/Route 31 in Elgin, university off...

An uptick in crime in and around downtown hotels during the coronavirus pandemic has city officials concerned, saying several people have ta...

A bipartisan group of 22 elected officials is hosting a virtual town hall to hear what Illinois moms need to survive and thrive in the workf...

Citing a long-awaited increase in COVID-19 vaccine supply, Chicago’s public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said all city mass vaccin...

Cardi B responded on Twitter, saying Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman was ignoring more important issues like the murder conviction this week...

Across 78 Chicago skilled nursing facilities, 22 people tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated, suggesting that such “b...